Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Solway Firth

Solway Firth[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Apr 2022 at 14:46:25 (UTC)

Reason: Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears: Solway Firth
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: Norman Kuring, NASA Landsat

Support as nominator – MER-C 14:46, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Not readily apparent what it is. 'Enhancement' makes it look unreal, IMO. – Sca (talk) 18:13, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say it's too misused in the article. The enhancements were meant to emphasise sediment flows and turbulence - valuable information about the Firth. But it's used in the article as an unexplained, uncontextualised lead image, robbing it of encyclopædic value. Reluctant oppose. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 19:29, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same. I added a more descriptive image caption and cited the source. The image processing by NASA was done to add, and does add, information (a good thing). I might support (I haven't read the article yet). Bammesk (talk) 03:53, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Caption is much improved, but it still feels odd at best to use a false-colour image as the lead. One may well criticise File:River_Nith_estuary.jpg, but it still gives a reasonably accurate view of the area, instead of making Scotland look like a South Sea isle. This needs a section in the article it supports, and to be next to that section. Don't get me wrong, if it was used for its intended purpose, it would very much deserve FP, and is rightfully an FP on Commons. But it's misleading as used here. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 18:18, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]